Cold

[olmue]

The good news is, we were not in the blizzard path. The bad news is, it's -20F (real temperature; the windchill factor is -31.)

This is what we're been driving on since the week before Thanksgiving, sometimes with a topping of snow and sometimes polished to this lovely, smooth sheen:



It's like, Little House on the Ice Floe or something.

School has been canceled today due to the temperature, although DH still had to go to work. Fun things to see as you're driving out in this kind of cold: the exhaust from household dryers turns to steam--and then instant ice--outside, making interesting patterns on the sides of buildings. Pedestrians wearing ski masks have frost "beards" from their breathing/condensation. And people going to the grocery store leave their motors on when they go inside for fear they won't be able to get their cars started when they come out. (I stopped at the store but turned my car off. Everything was fine, luckily.)

Happy winter! And if you are having blizzard fun, stay inside and stay warm!

Comments

[anabelgonzalez.livejournal.com]

Oh I am impressed with the temperatures you all are having. I would send you warm temparatures from here if I could. Stay warm and a lot of patience with the kids!

[olmue.livejournal.com]

You can probably see why the book I'm writing involves a character whose parents are from Chile and who goes down there (from Idaho) for Christmas every year. I'm hoping that if I think about the beaches around Vina del Mar, I'll actually start to feel warm... :)